[Intellectual achievements of the epileptic child in primary school]

Thirty children aged between 5 and 12 (M = 8.7 years, DS = +/- 1.9678) who suffered from cryptogenic partial crises, with or without secondary generalization, for more than one year and attended primary schools for normal children were studied to determine their intellectual achievements. Evaluation of intellectual output (WISC) was done for all these children. These findings were then compared with a control group of 30 children matched for age, sex and school grade using the mean comparison tests. In the group studied there was an average IQ of 90.03 and in the control group of 97.00 with a significant difference between both groups (p < 0.05). The implementing and subtest keys (p < 0.05) also showed significant differences. It is concluded that there is a significant difference in the quantitative expression of intellectual output between the two groups in spite of there being a normal mean and that the frequency of borderline cases is significantly greater in the group of epileptic children.